Vichy in the Colonies (2023)

Vichy in the Colonies (2023) - Documentary Movies 1:47:31 minutes. . After the defeat of 1940, and faced with the unexpected collapse of French power, all eyes turned to a horizon of both hope and uncertainty: the colonies. France had suddenly become an empire without a metropolis, reduced to two-thirds of its former size. Pétain saw the colonies as a "consoling myth" after the defeat, while de Gaulle considered them essential strategic locations for the Resistance. The two clashed in a propaganda war. propaganda, french colonialism, french colony, french history, gaulle, historical documentary, french propaganda, colonialism propaganda, government propaganda